Bursa Malaysia-HLIB kick off seminars for GLICs with healthcare sector

PETALING JAYA: Bursa Malaysia and Hong Leong Investment Bank (HLIB) today rolled out the first series of its Bursa-HLIB Stratum Focus, aimed at Government-Linked Investment Companies (GLICs), with a seminar focusing on the healthcare sector.
Aimed at equipping GLICs with sound knowledge on various sectors of the industry, the Bursa-HLIB Stratum Series is expected to garner interest from institutional investors who seek to be ahead of the curve by identifying potential investment trends, as well as potential stocks that will be the greatest beneficiaries of demographic trends.
"For the first series of the Bursa-HLIB Stratum Focus seminar, we decided to delve into the Healthcare sector given its above-market return potential. This is attributed to the healthcare sector's defensive nature, a sustainable above-trend growth as well as the sustainability of the industry growth from the demographic perspective; which include standards of living, the aging population, income growth; and increase in health tourism potential,"HLIB head of Dealing Zunaidah Idris said in a statement.
Among speakers who presented during this round of the Healthcare-themed seminar were Ministry of Health Pharmaceutical Services Division deputy director Dr Ramli Zainal; Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Healthcare senior vice-president Rhenu Bhuller; Pharmaniaga Bhd managing director Datuk Farshila Emran and Frost & Sullivan consulting associate Fakhirah Roslan.
Topics covered included National Pharmaceutical Policy and Practices, Overview and Trends of the Healthcare Industry, Healthcare for the Aged and a special lunch talk session on Healthy Lifestyle: Live to 100.
The Bursa-HLIB Stratum Focus Series, encompassing educational enhancement programmes, is a long-term collaboration with Bursa Malaysia and will cover various sectors such as logistics and transportation, utilities, construction, property, telecommunication, biotechnology, among others.